This is a list of fictional towns and villages in film limited to notable examples.
Town NameFilm name(s)Distributor(s)Notes Agrabah Aladdin Walt Disney Pictures An Arabian city, where Aladdin, Princess Jasmine, Genie, Abu, Jafar and Iago reside. It has a marketplace and the iconic palace where the Sultan, Jasmine and Rajah live. It also has a parade where lots of people come to watch the elephants, people dancing and a marching band too. Ambrose, Louisiana House of Wax Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures and Dark Castle Entertainment Ambrose is a town whose population consists mostly of wax figures. Amity Island Jaws Universal PicturesThe main setting of the film, located in New York on the beach Antonio Bay, California The Fog AVCO Embassy Pictures Antonio Island, Oregon The Fog Columbia Pictures Alphaville Alphaville Athos FilmsAlphaville is a dystopian city where secret agent (posing as a journalist) Lemmy Caution arrives on a mission to first find out what happened to his precursor and then, how to destroy the computer Alpha 60 as it controls the whole city. Asteroid City Asteroid City American Empirical Pictures Asteroid City is a desert town. Atlantica The Little Mermaid Walt Disney Pictures An underwater city where Ariel, King Triton and her mermaid siblings live. It is located in Denmark. It is also the hometown of Melody, Ariel and Prince Eric's daughter.Autobot City The Transformers: The Movie Sunbow Productions, Marvel Productions, Toei Animation, and De Laurentiis Entertainment Group Belleville, U.S. The Triplets of Belleville Les Armateurs and Champion and Vivi Film and France 3 Cinéma and RGP France and BBC Bristol and BBC Worldwide Belleville is a city in the United States which is based on New York City.Bailey Downs, Ontario, Canada Ginger Snaps (film)Motion International Bedford Falls, New York It's a Wonderful Life RKO Radio Pictures Brahms, West Virginia Silent Hill Silent Hill DCP Inc., Davis Films, Konami Brahms is a town in Toluca County, West Virginia. Brigadoon Brigadoon MGM A miraculously blessed village that rises out of the mists every hundred years for only a day. This is based on a Broadway musical of the same name. Brightburn, Kansas Brightburn Sony Pictures ReleasingBrightburn is a town in Kansas the main setting of Brightburn. Bismuth, U.S. Brimstone N279 Entertainment and X-Filme and Backup Media and Filmwave and Prime Time and The Jokers Films Bismuth is a former-mining town in the Wild West. Bristo Camino, California Hostage Miramax Films Located in Ventura County, California; based on Ojai and Moorpark. Castle Rock, Oregon Stand by Me Columbia PicturesCatsville Cat City MoképChesterford, Massachusetts 211Momentum PicturesA fictional town in New England. Its zip code is 02452, placing it in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.Cloud CityThe Empire Strikes Back20th Century-Fox Colverdale, Massachusetts Deck the Halls 20th Century Fox Creek Falls Art of Falling in Love Brain Power Studio The entire love story takes place in this town. Crystal Lake, New Jersey Friday the 13th Paramount Pictures A city where Camp Crystal Lake is located.Damon, WashingtonShort Circuit (1986 film)Tri-Star PicturesThe small town in Washington State where NOVA Laboratories that built Johnny 5 is located.Dammuz, Middle EastGambit (1966 film)Universal PicturesCity in unrevealed Middle East country, most of it belongs to Ahmad Shahbandar, the richest man in the world.Deer Meadow, WashingtonTwin Peaks: Fire Walk With MeNew Line CinemaA small town in Washington State. In 1988, a body of a teenage girl, Teresa Banks is found in the river, and two FBI agents are sent to investigate the case. Deer Meadow seems to be not so far from Twin Peaks, Washington, the main place in the series (both the 1990 series and 2017 continuation) and the film.Dillford, OhioFreaks of NatureColumbia Pictures, LStar Capital and Sony Pictures ReleasingLocated in the state of Ohio, Dillford is a city known for its population being composed of three different species: humans, zombies and vampires, who initially hate each other, but end up coming together when aliens invade the city and all end up having to face the invaders together.Dinsford, EnglandOne Hundred and One DalmatiansWalt Disney PicturesDodson, MississippiThis Property Is CondemnedParamount PicturesFictional small Southern town in decline during the 1930s; the primary setting of the romance between Alva Starr and Owen LegateDogville, ColoradoDogvilleZentropa Entertainment and Isabella Films B.V. and Something Else B.V. and Memfis FilmDogville is a small town located in Rocky Mountains.DulocShrekDreamWorks PicturesDuloc is a city-state. Ebbing, Missouri Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Fox Searchlight Pictures and 20th Century Studios and Netflix Emerald City The Wizard of Oz MGM The Emerald City is the capital city of the Land of Oz based on L. Frank Baum's Oz books, first described in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The city is sometimes called the City of Emeralds due to its extensively green architecture.Emslie, Ontario The Boys ClubAlliance Communications CorporationA fictional town in Ontario, Canada.Flagstone, Arizona Once Upon a Time in the WestParamount PicturesFly Creek, Georgia Squirm American International Pictures A small rural town attacked by worms.Fryburg, CaliforniaMy Blue HeavenWarner Bros.A town "in the middle of nowhere", where the FBI has relocated a number of mobsters in the Witness Protection ProgramGreenbow, Alabama Forrest Gump Paramount Pictures Greenbow, Alabama is a fictional town in Greenbow County which is fictional as well.Green Hills, MontanaSonic the HedgehogParamount PicturesThe town in which both Sonic and Tom Wachowski live. The name is a reference to the iconic Sonic the Hedgehog level Green Hill Zone.Groom Lake CityTraumschiff Surprise – Periode 1A Frontier city at the location of the later United States Air Force facility Area 51 Grouchland The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland Columbia Pictures The main location of the film based on the Sesame Street franchise. Elmo goes to that location where grouches live there, including Grizzy, the founder. The park can be seen in the song Take the First Step where Stuckweed and some woodland creatures sing for Elmo about taking your very first step as a child. When Elmo gets woken up by the Alarm Clock Bird at the beginning of the film, he realizes that he lost his blanket after his friendship with it and has to go to Grouchland to find it. The main location can be seen inside Oscar’s trash can in Sesame Street Haddonfield, Illinois Halloween franchise Compass International Pictures and Falcon International Productions Haddonfield is the main setting of the Halloween franchise. The town located in Livingston County, Illinois. Harper, Connecticut The Stranger International Pictures Hilltop, USA Wrongfully Accused Morgan Creek Productions and Constantin Film Hill Valley, California Back to the Future, Back to the Future Part II, and Back to the Future Part III Universal Hill Valley, California, is a town that serves as the setting of the Back to the Future trilogy and its animated spin-off series. In the trilogy, Hill Valley is seen in four different time periods (1885, 1955, 1985 and 2015) as well as in a dystopian alternate 1985. The films contain many sight gags, verbal innuendos and detailed set design elements, from which a detailed and consistent history of the area can be derived.
The name "Hill Valley" is itself a joke, being an oxymoron. However, an early script for Back to the Future Part II mentioned that Hill Valley was named after its founder, William "Bill" Hill.Hope, WashingtonFirst BloodOrion PicturesHope TownHobo with a ShotgunAlliance Films An extremely corrupt and amoral town implied to be located somewhere within the United States–Canada border.Inferno, CaliforniaInfernoColumbia TriStar Home VideoInferno is a desert town.Ivory Creek, GeorgiaAmerican AdventureRolling Ball FilmsSmall town located in Morris County, Georgia, shortly served as the backdrop of protagonist, Nathan Grey. Little information is known about the town, apart from its reputation of being the headquarters of the KKK affiliated with the Frontier Heritage Church.JonathanlandMadison ParkMason Ewing CorporationCreated by Mason Ewing, Jonathanland is the city where Baby Madison lives.Karatas, KazakhstanGoliathAssaultUlbolsynA Dark, Dark ManPlague at the Karatas VillageVariousA fictional village (aul) in Kazakhstan that is used as a setting in numerous Adilkhan Yerzhanov's films. In A Dark, Dark Man, according to the license plates, the village is located in the Almaty Region.Khansaar, IndiaSalaar: Part 1 – CeasefireHombale FilmsAn autonomous dystopian city-state in India ruled by three tribes.Kotha, IndiaKing of Kotha Wayfarer Films